Chronic migraine in the first COVID-19 lockdown: the impact of sleep, remote working, and other life/psychological changes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the first Italian COVID-19 lockdown on patients with chronic migraine (CM).

Material and methods

The study was based on an e-mail survey addressed to CM patients of our headache center. The survey evaluated demographic, life style, sleep, psychological, and migraine features during the COVID-19 lockdown period and the month before. The outcomes were migraine impact on daily life and variation in attack frequency, attack duration, migraine pain intensity, migraine symptomatic drugs use per week, and efficacy.

Results

Ninety-two patients completed the survey. During the lockdown period, attack frequency was stable in 40,2%, increased in 33,7%, and reduced in 26,1% of patients; attack duration was stable in 5

SUBMITTER: Curro CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8349308 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature